Posts Filed Under — Outdoors

[ June 16th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Notebook BBQ Grill, A Great Way to Take The BBQ to the Picnic

Picnics tend to be boring affairs with altogether too much salad, that is unless you take a Notebook BBQ grill to the party. It folds up for easy storage and carrying and at 4kg it is light enough, so the only bulk you will need to carry is the charcoal and some meat.

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[ June 8th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Digital Camo Grill-wear, It Never Hurts To Be Prepared

Why not make mil-spec grilling gear? The Tactical Grilling Kit is constructed of 1000D Cordura in Universal Digital Camo and features modular webbing that accepts any PALS/MOLLE compatible accessory, and both the Tactical Spatula Sheath and the Tactical Beer Shingle fit that description.
Is it a stupid product? Many would argue that if you [...]

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[ June 4th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

The Right Stuff: NASA Jumps Into the Athlete Hydration Game

NASA scientists are branching out from their day job of putting people and things in space and getting in on some of that sweet, sweet sports drink money with a sports drink/zero-calorie electrolyte liquid concentrate called, The Right Stuff.

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[ June 2nd, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Images: Rip Curl’s H-Bomb Under FLIR

While FLIR might be completely useless at detecting people infected with swine flu, it does produce some mighty fine shots of Rip Curl’s heated H-bomb wetsuit.
[Rip Curl via BBG, Gizmodo]

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[ May 25th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

SENZ Umbrellas Engineered to Withstand a Gale

There is nothing worse than having a flimsy umbrella end up inside out when the wind kicks up. That is what most of them do, but not the SENZ umbrella, which is engineered (some might say overly so) to withstand 70mph winds. They do so courtesy of the shape, which as you can see is [...]

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